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BL4CKST4R
La Muerte Eterna Dark Taboo
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Posted - 2014.12.07 14:59:00 -
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Duvolle: Damage:- 33.99 ROF:- 800 DPS:- 453.2 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 60/300 Damage per clip:- 2039.4
Creodon: Damage:- 63.935 ROF:- 428.57 DPS:- 456.67 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 36/300 Damage per clip:- 2301
As you can see from these stats the only numbers that are different from the basic AR is the damage per clip which is 300 hp over, the only logical nerf to the breach would be a clip reduction.
I will explain why any other nerf is unecesary and would break the weapon, the two most suggested nerfs being dps and range. Before we go on, would you nerf the dps or the range on the Duvolle? Why not? Because the weapon is unused and kinda bad unless in the hands of a skilled player.
So then why the Creodon? Here is a thought experiment let's say we fiddled with the stats of the Creodon (damage and rof) holding dps constant, and we increased rof to 800. Well damage would actually be equal to the ARs, which I just previously stated is not in need of a nerf. By this the breach is not in need of a dps nerf, because dps is equal to that of a weapon who operates exactly the same, and that weapon is nowhere near OP.
That leaves us with range, 40M optimal and 70M effective, well that's a 30M difference and at it's peak dps drops down to a whopping 30%, that means ever meters we have a 2.3% dps reduction, so at the next range where a weapon operates being the CR at 50M, the AR has lost 23% dps, so there is no way the AR nor the Breach can outdps or outperform any weapon outside of 40M, so the problem is definitely not range.
So what is the problem? clip? 300 extra damage is not going to make the weapon seem so OP, so what is it? Well the problem is actually rof and damage but not the combination of both, meaning it is no dps. The problem is the weapons low rof and high damage makes it accurate and deadly, but that's only because it is just easy to use, and it forgives missing a lot. The way the game works, most weapons actually miss a lot, weapons with low rof like the post-nerf Tac, the rail and now the breach excel in this environment, because they do not miss. The only way to fix the weapon is to actually increase rof, and reduce damage keeping dps constant, as I have stated above dps is not the problem nor is it range, and blindly nerfing the weapon would just break it, specially when the nerds suggested ARE NOT the problem.
Edit: forgot to mention it also needs a tiny bit more kick, the AR had kick which is noticeable at the end of it's clip due to it's high rof and such, the breach won't ever kick due to low rof and low clip.
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Ghosts Chance
Inf4m0us
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Posted - 2014.12.07 15:03:00 -
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you forgot to mention giving the damn thing ANY kick would be a sufficiant nerf.
damn things steady as a rock.
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BL4CKST4R
La Muerte Eterna Dark Taboo
3421
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Posted - 2014.12.07 15:07:00 -
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Ghosts Chance wrote:you forgot to mention giving the damn thing ANY kick would be a sufficiant nerf.
damn things steady as a rock.
Accuracy and kick are the same on the AR and breach although I do agree that the breach need a a tiny more kick because it's low rof actually negates the kick already built in. For example the AR has kick but it's at the end of the clip, the breach is to slow and has a smaller clip So it will never kick.
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shaman oga
T.H.I.R.D R.O.C.K
3376
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Posted - 2014.12.07 15:09:00 -
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Stats of bolt pistol were in line, math is not the only factor to take in account when you balance a weapon.
Breach AR ROF is almost perfect to land hits on strafing targets (despite less ROF it seem to hit more frequently), it's full auto, have a decent amount of bullet per clip but most of all it's super effective in hip fire.
I don't want to say that BAR is extremely OP, but certainly is rather easy to use for the damage it can deal, generally if a weapon performance can be very good, it's not super easy to use (eg SCR pistol headshot bonus).
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BL4CKST4R
La Muerte Eterna Dark Taboo
3421
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Posted - 2014.12.07 15:15:00 -
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shaman oga wrote:Stats of bolt pistol were in line, math is not the only factor to take in account when you balance a weapon.
Breach AR ROF is almost perfect to land hits on strafing targets (despite less ROF it seem to hit more frequently), it's full auto, have a decent amount of bullet per clip but most of all it's super effective in hip fire.
I don't want to say that BAR is extremely OP, but certainly is rather easy to use for the damage it can deal, generally if a weapon performance can be very good, it's not super easy to use (eg SCR pistol headshot bonus).
The weapon is easy to use because the majority of combat in dust lies on who can miss the most, the breach being an extremely accurate weapon on moving targets allows it to be good in this meta. Imo if the strafing nerf lands the AR will become a lot better, along with other high rof weapons.
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hfderrtgvcd
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Posted - 2014.12.07 15:42:00 -
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The breach has the best hip fire and recoil of any rifle. Combine this with excellent dps and damage per clip and you get an overpowered weapon. There is no reason to use another rifle unless you are camping on a roof.
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Valor Goat
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Posted - 2014.12.07 16:34:00 -
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The AR has some recoil, the BAR doesn't. The BAR has slightly more range, and due to its high damage bullet and zero kick it does well even 10-20m outside of optimal range.
What makes the BAR OP is the fact that it clearly has an aimbot on it (I.E. best hip fire - no recoil - no kick).
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Valor Goat
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Posted - 2014.12.07 16:35:00 -
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shaman oga wrote:Stats of bolt pistol were in line, math is not the only factor to take in account when you balance a weapon.
Breach AR ROF is almost perfect to land hits on strafing targets (despite less ROF it seem to hit more frequently), it's full auto, have a decent amount of bullet per clip but most of all it's super effective in hip fire.
I don't want to say that BAR is extremely OP, but certainly is rather easy to use for the damage it can deal, generally if a weapon performance can be very good, it's not super easy to use (eg SCR pistol headshot bonus). Agreed, good point
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Vitantur Nothus
Nos Nothi
1033
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Posted - 2014.12.07 16:48:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote: I will explain why any other nerf is unecesary and would break the weapon ...
How would rolling back a little on overcorrected stats break the weapon?
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Ryme Intrinseca
Dead Man's Game RUST415
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Posted - 2014.12.07 16:58:00 -
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In general the AR handles horribly. With the breach, CR, ACR, ScR, etc you can just hipfire in the general direction and the gun does the rest. Not so with the AR. That's what the stats don't capture. |
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One Eyed King
Land of the BIind
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Posted - 2014.12.07 17:02:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:In general the AR handles horribly. With the breach, CR, ACR, ScR, etc you can just hipfire in the general direction and the gun does the rest. Not so with the AR. That's what the stats don't capture. I think hipfire in general needs greater dispersion.
I use CR sometimes, and it is just too tight for something that is supposed to be a medium and longer range weapon.
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Greiv Rabbah
13Art of War13
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Posted - 2014.12.07 17:06:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:Duvolle: Damage:- 33.99 ROF:- 800 DPS:- 453.2 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 60/300 Damage per clip:- 2039.4
Creodon: Damage:- 63.935 ROF:- 428.57 DPS:- 456.67 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 36/300 Damage per clip:- 2301
As you can see from these stats the only numbers that are different from the basic AR is the damage per clip which is 300 hp over, the only logical nerf to the breach would be a clip reduction.
I will explain why any other nerf is unecesary and would break the weapon, the two most suggested nerfs being dps and range. Before we go on, would you nerf the dps or the range on the Duvolle? Why not? Because the weapon is unused and kinda bad unless in the hands of a skilled player.
So then why the Creodon? Here is a thought experiment let's say we fiddled with the stats of the Creodon (damage and rof) holding dps constant, and we increased rof to 800. Well damage would actually be equal to the ARs, which I just previously stated is not in need of a nerf. By this the breach is not in need of a dps nerf, because dps is equal to that of a weapon who operates exactly the same, and that weapon is nowhere near OP.
That leaves us with range, 40M optimal and 70M effective, well that's a 30M difference and at it's peak dps drops down to a whopping 30%, that means ever meters we have a 2.3% dps reduction, so at the next range where a weapon operates being the CR at 50M, the AR has lost 23% dps, so there is no way the AR nor the Breach can outdps or outperform any weapon outside of 40M, so the problem is definitely not range.
So what is the problem? clip? 300 extra damage is not going to make the weapon seem so OP, so what is it? Well the problem is actually rof and damage but not the combination of both, meaning it is no dps. The problem is the weapons low rof and high damage makes it accurate and deadly, but that's only because it is just easy to use, and it forgives missing a lot. The way the game works, most weapons actually miss a lot, weapons with low rof like the post-nerf Tac, the rail and now the breach excel in this environment, because they do not miss. The only way to fix the weapon is to actually increase rof, and reduce damage keeping dps constant, as I have stated above dps is not the problem nor is it range, and blindly nerfing the weapon would just break it, specially when the nerds suggested ARE NOT the problem.
Edit: forgot to mention it also needs a tiny bit more kick, the AR had kick which is noticeable at the end of it's clip due to it's high rof and such, the breach won't ever kick due to low rof and low clip.
Hi there. I really really like this almost entirely. Your logic was great, your argument against the breach atbeing overpowered was well formulated, but i disagree with your conclusion. 300 extra damage per clip I think is a perfectly reasonable ramp up from basic to breach, and I don't think increasing ROF or decreasing damage per shot is the way to go here bc that's taking away the "breach" from the breach assault rifle. I would argue instead that the accuracy needs tweaking. The gun needs kick. Not just a little, we're talking about a gun that punches harder and slings fireballs farther than the duvolle so it should recoil more than the duvolle, make sense? Of course operation and gal assault bring these down and it should be a reasonably accurate weapon in the hands of an assault gk0, but even then the kick should be noticeable. That would balance the weapon i think. Your dps calculations are high for these rifles bc they dont account for missed shots, which sets the breach rifles "real" dps much higher while your "potential" dps doesnt show a problem statistically. Would you disagree with that?
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SILENT GIANT
FATHERS-AND-SONS
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Posted - 2014.12.07 17:36:00 -
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One Eyed King wrote:Ryme Intrinseca wrote:In general the AR handles horribly. With the breach, CR, ACR, ScR, etc you can just hipfire in the general direction and the gun does the rest. Not so with the AR. That's what the stats don't capture. I think hipfire in general needs greater dispersion. I use CR sometimes, and it is just too tight for something that is supposed to be a medium and longer range weapon.
I agree with both of you, When using AR you really have to aim, and up close hipfire is erratic with as much dispersion as it has. As it should be though, your hip firing a rifle, what do you expect. But with CR its like why ads, the reticle auto locks so well I can hipfire a 30m shot effortlessly. Prob cut down on a lot of the funky strafe dancing in this game if someone had to actually concentrate and take a min to aim like theyre supposed to.
Its like, get close enough and from then on its more of a, out dps/ehp the next person, with a little skill involved ,but mainly relying on suit vs suit. Guess that more rpg game style, but i guess this game is supposed to be sorta one.
Not complaining, I love this game to death, but if they could iron out the gunplay and fluid movements this game would dominate and fps with no arguement. |
BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
3423
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Posted - 2014.12.07 20:41:00 -
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Greiv Rabbah wrote:BL4CKST4R wrote:Duvolle: Damage:- 33.99 ROF:- 800 DPS:- 453.2 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 60/300 Damage per clip:- 2039.4
Creodon: Damage:- 63.935 ROF:- 428.57 DPS:- 456.67 Optimal range:- 40M Effective range (30% dps):- 70M Clip/ammo:- 36/300 Damage per clip:- 2301
As you can see from these stats the only numbers that are different from the basic AR is the damage per clip which is 300 hp over, the only logical nerf to the breach would be a clip reduction.
I will explain why any other nerf is unecesary and would break the weapon, the two most suggested nerfs being dps and range. Before we go on, would you nerf the dps or the range on the Duvolle? Why not? Because the weapon is unused and kinda bad unless in the hands of a skilled player.
So then why the Creodon? Here is a thought experiment let's say we fiddled with the stats of the Creodon (damage and rof) holding dps constant, and we increased rof to 800. Well damage would actually be equal to the ARs, which I just previously stated is not in need of a nerf. By this the breach is not in need of a dps nerf, because dps is equal to that of a weapon who operates exactly the same, and that weapon is nowhere near OP.
That leaves us with range, 40M optimal and 70M effective, well that's a 30M difference and at it's peak dps drops down to a whopping 30%, that means ever meters we have a 2.3% dps reduction, so at the next range where a weapon operates being the CR at 50M, the AR has lost 23% dps, so there is no way the AR nor the Breach can outdps or outperform any weapon outside of 40M, so the problem is definitely not range.
So what is the problem? clip? 300 extra damage is not going to make the weapon seem so OP, so what is it? Well the problem is actually rof and damage but not the combination of both, meaning it is no dps. The problem is the weapons low rof and high damage makes it accurate and deadly, but that's only because it is just easy to use, and it forgives missing a lot. The way the game works, most weapons actually miss a lot, weapons with low rof like the post-nerf Tac, the rail and now the breach excel in this environment, because they do not miss. The only way to fix the weapon is to actually increase rof, and reduce damage keeping dps constant, as I have stated above dps is not the problem nor is it range, and blindly nerfing the weapon would just break it, specially when the nerds suggested ARE NOT the problem.
Edit: forgot to mention it also needs a tiny bit more kick, the AR had kick which is noticeable at the end of it's clip due to it's high rof and such, the breach won't ever kick due to low rof and low clip. Hi there. I really really like this almost entirely. Your logic was great, your argument against the breach atbeing overpowered was well formulated, but i disagree with your conclusion. 300 extra damage per clip I think is a perfectly reasonable ramp up from basic to breach, and I don't think increasing ROF or decreasing damage per shot is the way to go here bc that's taking away the "breach" from the breach assault rifle. I would argue instead that the accuracy needs tweaking. The gun needs kick. Not just a little, we're talking about a gun that punches harder and slings fireballs farther than the duvolle so it should recoil more than the duvolle, make sense? Of course operation and gal assault bring these down and it should be a reasonably accurate weapon in the hands of an assault gk0, but even then the kick should be noticeable. That would balance the weapon i think. Your dps calculations are high for these rifles bc they dont account for missed shots, which sets the breach rifles "real" dps much higher while your "potential" dps doesnt show a problem statistically. Would you disagree with that?
I do agree with you, on my initial draft for this I added that the breach needs more kick but I forgot to add it but yes it needs more kick. The reason I say it needs more rof, is not to make it AR 2.0 but to make it slightly less accurate, a rof increase would be a maximum of 600. The intent is to show that the breach does not need a straight nerf to dps nor range. One thing I mentioned in a post within this thread is that once starting nerf drops the AR along with other high rof weapons will gain more kills as the need for accuracy while moving or on moving targets will decrease. Although to be fair, kick and accuracy is a factor that the majority of weapons aside from caldari rail weapons, can ignore. In a perfect environment all weapons would have a degree of kick and inacuracy that sadly is missing.
As got damage per clip, stats wise that is the only variable that deviates by a high amount, although there are other weapons with a much higher damage per clip than 2.3k.
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Jack 3enimble
Titans of Phoenix
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:19:00 -
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Bro, stop defending the BAR. It's OP |
sir RAVEN WING
Horizons' Edge Proficiency V.
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:27:00 -
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What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit.
Why should I be loyal? To be the obedient dog controlled by the four races? No, I come first now and state second
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BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
3423
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:30:00 -
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sir RAVEN WING wrote:What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit.
Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed.
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sir RAVEN WING
Horizons' Edge Proficiency V.
1512
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:37:00 -
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Jokes aside, I think this is a good idea.
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sir RAVEN WING
Horizons' Edge Proficiency V.
1512
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:46:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:sir RAVEN WING wrote:What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit. Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed. *Points out the RR* This Caldari loyalist (former) wanted the same for the Caldari... sadly no one cared.
Why should I be loyal? To be the obedient dog controlled by the four races? No, I come first now and state second
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BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:54:00 -
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sir RAVEN WING wrote:BL4CKST4R wrote:sir RAVEN WING wrote:What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit. Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed. *Points out the RR* This Caldari loyalist (former) wanted the same for the Caldari... sadly no one cared.
I like how the rail rifle is now, its not easy mode anymore but equally the increased DPS and my ability to control it makes it a very rewarding weapon for switching combat styles quickly.
I do wish all guns had increased kick and such, scaling with increasing range.
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Jack 3enimble
Titans of Phoenix
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:55:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:sir RAVEN WING wrote:What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit. Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed.
This made me lol
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Kayla Michael
Tactical Logistics and Cargo Northern Associates.
38
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Posted - 2014.12.07 21:57:00 -
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Overpowered. |
BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.12.07 22:03:00 -
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Jack 3enimble wrote:BL4CKST4R wrote:sir RAVEN WING wrote:What I hear "Please don't nerf my gun!" I'd be fine with a BrAR being removed or Breach versions of the other guns being added.
Also if they buffed CRs or RRs (Or in RR's case, nerf the charge just a bit more.) I'd also be fine with it, but my ADV Gal sent should be able to kill and assault with a boundless faster than he can with a basic BrAR, even more so when he's playing in a militia suit. Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed. This made me lol
Hey the rail is a hell of a weapon, and Gallente (EVE side) use either rails and blasters, mostly blasters, but I can use rails while still being loyal
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xavier zor
Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance
323
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Posted - 2014.12.08 00:43:00 -
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Breach has lower clip, and your math must be wrong. The breach has been buffed by 14% so the DPS would be much more different when compared to its duvolle counter-part
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BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
3427
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Posted - 2014.12.08 00:46:00 -
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xavier zor wrote:Breach has lower clip, and your math must be wrong. The breach has been buffed by 14% so the DPS would be much more different when compared to its duvolle counter-part
Lol... Its definitely not wrong. The damage was buffed by 14% from before when it was low as hell. Why don't you open up the market place and look at the Duvolle and breach, take damage and rof and multiply those numbers, then divide by 60. That's dps. To get damage per clip, take the damage per shot and multiply by clip.
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Heimdallr69
Nyain San General Tso's Alliance
3848
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Posted - 2014.12.08 00:46:00 -
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It's range might be a bit much..
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BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
3427
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Posted - 2014.12.08 00:47:00 -
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Heimdallr69 wrote:It's range might be a bit much..
It's only 40M, that's almost nothing compared to the range of other weapons, specially the hmg which competes at that range.
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Atiim
Titans of Phoenix
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Posted - 2014.12.08 00:49:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote: Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed.
Breach ARs are far from the only effective Gallente Weapon.
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Lynn Beck
Delta Vanguard 6
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Posted - 2014.12.08 01:12:00 -
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Breach assault rifle has more DPS, despite being a breach variant. Nerf the ******* gun.
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BL4CKST4R
Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation
3429
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Posted - 2014.12.08 01:27:00 -
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Lynn Beck wrote:Breach assault rifle has more DPS, despite being a breach variant. Nerf the ******* gun.
It has 3 more dps, the DPS difference between the two is 0.66%
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